The worst thing that could have happened to the National Football League did this week when former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue agreed with current Commish Roger Goodell about the New Orleans Saints Bountygate but disagreed that the players were the ones responsible.
Tagliabue claimed that it was the coaching staff and front office — front office? — that was responsible for cultivating a culture where the idea of intentionally trying to hurt opponents and knock them out of games could take hold.

Tagliabue vacated the suspensions handed out to Jonathon Vilma, Will Smith, Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove, which opens up a whole can of worms for the current commish.

Vilma is already intending to sue Goodell for defamation and one wonders if the other three — probably along with the NFL Players Association — won’t follow suit.